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Baxter International is taking an activist investor role of its own. The health care company has announced that it is splitting itself into two separate companies.
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Carl Icahn is proving to be a winner for investors. Despite a public battle with Bill Ackman over Herbalife, and despite what appears to be a non-victory for Icahn at eBay, investors have done well...
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If Herbalife gets its way, Carl Icahn will soon control five of the company's board seats (slightly more than 38%) while owning just under 17% of its stock. None of the board members being replaced...
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Argus has downgraded Herbalife's near-term rating to Hold from Buy. The basis for the call is the recently announced Federal Trade Commission investigation into Herbalife's business practices,...
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When it comes to his stance on eBay, activist investor Carl Icahn might be starting to understand that his fight to remove board members and to get a spinoff of PayPal is becoming futile.
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.In a terse press release Wednesday morning, Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) said that it has received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)....
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Shares of Las Vegas-based casino operator Boyd Gaming took off in after-hours trading Monday after a regulatory filing from activist hedge fund Elliott Associates disclosed that it owns 4.99% of...
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ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn has "not yet begun to fight" according to his latest open letter to the shareholders of eBay. His impetus was an investor survey that showed 55% of respondents support a...
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courtesy of ebayThe war of words between eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) and activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn is heating up. eBay’s message in the headline was simply “Stick to the Facts,...
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eBay has been fighting the calls of billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn to break-up the company by spinning off PayPal, and now the calls are going to get louder.
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Engaged Capital, an investor in Abercrombie & Fitch, said it has nominated five directors to the retailer's board. This is part of the investment company's ongoing efforts to prompt Abercrombie...
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ThinkstockDespite posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year results recently, along with a dividend hike and a plan for additional share buybacks, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) investors are...
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White House Photo by Pete SouzaAs many consider Warren Buffett to be the greatest investor of modern times, investors want to know any time there are big changes in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:...
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Cliffs Natural Resources sent an open letter to its shareholders on Friday morning responding to a letter from activist investment firm Casablanca Capital urging the company to take a number of...
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